Officials recently announced that the Quebec police officer who was speeding and caused a crash that resulted in a 5 year old killed and an older sibling being seriously injured will not face charges for the incident, something that many Canadians are upset about. To add insult to injury not only will no charges be brought but no explanation will be offered to the public about the lack of charges. The family of the 5 year old killed and the teenager injured are very unhappy with the outcome. The officials in the case did say that the family will be told why there will be no charges against the Quebec police officer, but no explanation will ease the pain of the family members or bring the yoiung boy back.
The Quebec police officer responsible for the crash that ended with the 5 year old killed was speeding, and was doing 120 km/h in a zone that is posted at 50km/h. The officer slammed into the car carrying the 5 year old and his family, and the impact was hard enough to knock the vehicle off the road. Witnesses who saw the crash have stated that the police officer did not have his sirens or lights on even though he was traveling at a very excessive rate of speed, and the department has said that the Quebec police officer was on routine patrol when the accident occurred. The 5 year old killed in the crash suffered massive head injuries, and he succumbed to these injuries 4 days after the crash occurred. Renel Bellance, who is the boy’s grandfather, told Quebec Morning “Since my little son died, I no longer live. It really hurts. I wonder what happened to life.”